Archive | September, 2007
Blind Spot Assist: Greater safety when changing lanes
Mercedes-Benz now offers a newly developed Blind Spot Assist system as an option for its S and CL-Class models, which is designed to help drivers when changing lanes. Mercedes-Benz employs six short-range radar sensors for the new assistance system, which can be found in the front and rear bumpers. The sensors monitor the zone to the [...]
Continue reading...Daimler’s Mercedes Saved More Than a Seven Billion Euros
25. September 2007
DaimlerChrysler AG’s Mercedes Car Group, the world’s second-biggest maker of luxury vehicles, said it reduced costs by 7.1 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years as part of a program to boost profitability. “Our cost situation was not good when we began this program,” Rainer Schmueckle, chief operating officer of Mercedes, told journalists today [...]
Continue reading...Rumored Mercedes SLC spy shots
25. September 2007
MotorTrend has posted a set of the newest spy shots, which they say is the new rumored SLC. The SLC is believed to be the answer to the R8 from Audi. We still are not sure if this is just the new SL or a face lift, or if this is really the rumored SLC. [...]
Continue reading...Jamie Green claims DTM victory in Barcelona
24. September 2007
Jamie Green (Mika’s teammate in the HWA AG team) is the winner of the ninth DTM season round at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. At the 2.977 kilometres long track, the Briton won from his fellow Mercedes-Benz drivers Bruno Spengler and Paul di Resta. For Green, it was his maiden victory in the DTM. [...]
Continue reading...My Day at the 2007 IAA in Frankfurt
20. September 2007
Being only 80 miles away from Frankfurt, I had no excuse not to visit this years IAA in Frankfurt. I got the opportunity to see the newest, coolest, and future cars up close, and sometimes even managed to sit in one. I must admit that I didn’t see half of the cars there. You just [...]
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26. September 2007
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